5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

CRIER

CRIER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪɚ//ˈkraɪə/

Noun

One who cries.

Noun

An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.

Alternative forms: cryer

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How CRIER performs as a guess

CRIER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___R C in the 1st position and R in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE SLANT ROAST TEASE ABOUT
Words starting with C Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CRIER performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CRIER ranks #5,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
40%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
B R I E F
C R I E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CRIER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
309
156
118
97
94
90
87
79
78
54
53
51
47
46
32
28
26
26
24
22
21
19
16
16
15
15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CRIER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

17.9% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 5.02 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 5.04 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
4.0% →
TEASE 4.60 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
3.7% →
SAULT 3.69 bits
3.3% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for CRIER; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

C3R1I1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.